Why Use a Carafe for Wine?

A carafe is a container that is used to serve alcohol, and more specifically wine. Most of the time, the carafe is made of glass or crystal. ... It can be used to aerate the wine, i.e. to allow a larger exchange surface between the air and the wine than in an open bottle.

What is a wine carafe used for?

What is a Wine Carafe? Traditionally a carafe is more of just a 'vessel' that holds liquid, typically water, wine, fruit juice or alcoholic beverages. Today, carafes are more likely to be used for serving water and juices.

What's the point of a decanter?

Purpose of a decanter

The process of decanting is to allow the wine to "breathe". Oxygen is introduced to it either by transferring the wine into the decanter or a glass and left on the counter for a few hours. When it's ready, pour the wine to wine glasses. Or you can skip that and get yourself a wine aerator.